The fall sports season has arrived. It seems like yesterday I was telling you to get in to the Columbus, Ohio facility for some summer speed training to get prepped for the fall. This week I am going to talk about a few of the athletes that I've worked with this past year who will be trying to lead their teams to victory in their respective sports this fall. Most of these athletes are from the Columbus, Ohio, area, so I want to give them a little love before their season starts.
I was contacted by Mitch Kraly during the winter to get him prepared more for some football combines he was going to attend, rather than the season itself. Mitch is a linebacker for Dublin Coffman, but envisions himself playing safety in college. He had some pretty good numbers when he did a couple of his combines. Now he is focused on trying to have a great senior season. You probably won't read much about him unless he happens to run an interception back for a touchdown since they rarely talk about defensive players in the paper, but I anticipate seeing some end of the year accolades for him.
Megan Tolnar plays soccer for New Albany. She has already scored 2 goals in a game thus far this brief season. Megan was consistent in coming in over the winter as we worked on her running mechanics to improve her speed. Her team lost a lot of seniors, so Megan knew she had to step up and be the leader that her team needed for this season. It looks like she has gotten off to a fine start.
Emily Winnegrad is a Bexley soccer player. She actually trained with me over the winter for her track season and it seemed to turn out well for her. Emily was part of a relay team, I think the 4x100, that qualified for the state track meet. Having run in the Ohio state track meet myself, it is an awesome experience and regardless of what the outcome was she can always say she made it there. Now, the goal is to continue that speed development right onto the soccer field.
Jake Raymond was a client of mine back when we had a facility in Gahanna. He and his brother, Nick, worked with one of my assistants and enjoyed the experience. Now that we consolidated to Dublin, it wasn't as accessible for him to travel here from Pickerington. He plays football and lacrosse for Pickerington Central. If you are good at what you do, people will travel and I guess Jake decided I was worth the travel, as we speed trained to prep him not only for lacrosse, but his combine at his school. It went pretty well for him as he ran a 4.5 in his 40. He was pretty excited about it.
Another of my former clients has been doing online coaching with me. Mara White is a distance runner for Watkins Memorial. She is one of the top runners in the area and her bid for another state appearance was cut short when she acquired a stress fracture. She has been diligently rehabbing and everything seems to be healing great. She should be back on the scene later this month so watch for her as she tries to make a strong push for states in cross country.
Abby Barker played on her high school field hockey team at Bishop Watterson. She is now a freshman at Michigan State University hoping to get significant playing time. She was one of the few athletes I have worked with where we covered all aspects of training: strength/power training and speed/agility training. For someone who had never lifted before, she made huge gains in her strength and I feel will make a big impact as a freshman for MSU.
Here are some athletes that worked with me in the past, but not in the last 9-12 months:
- Grayson Fisher plays football for Upper Arlington and has committed to playing for Princeton. I saw the announcement in the paper this past week.
- Courtney Deena will be tearing it up for Columbus Academy's field hockey team. When I was working with her, she was focused on soccer, that's how long ago it was.
- Rena Reda came for a weekend speed camp that we had and is one of the area's better football players for Watkins Memorial.
- Zach Ratcliff plays football for Columbus Academy. I worked with him way back when and he has grown into quite an athlete.
- Duncan Van DeCarr plays football for Dublin Coffman and worked with us a couple years ago when we first opened our Dublin location.
I know there are a few more I'm forgetting, but these are a good group of kids that you can watch initially. I do have some athletes that are playing fall sports, but it isn't their big sport that they were training for. I will talk about those athletes when the time comes. Good luck guys and we'll be watching you.
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